NOUN
- flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
How To Use corymb In A Sentence
- Corymbis et Cymi axillaribus et terminalibus pauci capitat. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- In the apple I have observed leafy shoots bearing terminal tufts of leaves where the flower should have been, so that what, under ordinary circumstances would be a corymb of flowers, is here represented by a series of tufts of leaves. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- Fol. rigidiufcula • Corymb. ter« mioal. & axillar. Summa plantarum
- As the photo shows, the corymbs bloom first around the edges and the center buds open last.
- Ramorum rudimtnta axillar* Scapi terminal. terc* tes» filifon loQgifi '. firiati, Lsvea t infeme adfper* fi foL lioearibus » indivifis » noii dentatis » fed ferrato-fpinofi, fubnudt • Corymbi terminal* alterni, fubdivifi • CaL apice fphacelatus • Cor* lutea; radio 8-fl. ovato » vix 3-dent. Summa plantarum
- When cutting these flowers, the whole corymb should be taken, as in this particular case we could not wish for Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- S. wallichii and S. wightianus, native to India, produce numerous small flowers in terminal cymose or corymbose inflorescences.
- The flowers are inconspicuous, usually white or cream and pedunculate, ascending or erect, corymbose cymes, collected into a terminal leafless panicle, or the lower peduncles arising from the axis of reduced leaves. Chapter 17
- _Flower-heads_ -- Bright yellow, 1 to 2 in. across, numerous, borne on long peduncles in corymb-like clusters; the rays 3 to 5 cleft, and drooping around the yellow or yellowish-brown disk. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing
- In dry, open woodlands, thickets, and roadsides, from August to October, we find the dainty White Wood Aster (_A. divaricatus_) -- _A. corymbosus_ of Gray -- its brittle zig-zag stem two feet high or less, branching at the top, and repeatedly forked where loose clusters of flower-heads spread in a broad, rather flat corymb. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing